TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 30,2009
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
Annual lone Education Leitrim Family honoured
Foundation Dinner held in Oregon, USA
Editor s Note The fol
lowing article ran in the
1994 edition o f the Leitrim
Guardian, an annual mag
azine published in Ireland
The article was written by
Ciardn Mollahan
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Heppner Chamber announces
lunch schedule for October
N e x t w e e k ’s
Cham ber Lunch M eeting
on Thursday, O ctober 1,
has been cancelled. The
“All Entities Report” will
be m oved to T hursday,
October 8.
The schedule for
October is as follows:
Thursday, October
8 - All Entities Reports will
be held from 12-1 p.m. at
the Senior Center dining
room. The Stable of Youth
will be the caterer for this
lunch meeting and will be
serving lasagna, salad and
pumpkin bars. Coffee, iced
tea and water will be pro
vided. RSVP’s are needed
by end o f business day on
Monday, October 5.
Thursday, October
15 - Daye Stone will be
presenting the graduation
requirements that are being
implemented for Heppner
High School.
Thursday, October
22 - Jerod Broadfoot will be
here to speak on safe build
ing codes.
T h u rsd ay , O c to
ber 29 - R achel D agley
and M eghan Snow from
Community Bank will be
speaking on the services
they offer.
C o m m u n ity A c
tivities:
Saturday, October
3 - “ Rollin On The River”
- wine and beer Tasting at
the Boardman Marina Park
will be held from 4-7:30
p.m. Entertainment will be
Brady Goss - The Piano
Man and Badger Mountain
Dry Band. Tickets $15 (in
clude two free tastes and
music, additional taste tick
ets - $3.50. Must be 21 and
older - ID required. Food
will be available for pur
chase. Contact the Board-
man Chamber at 541-481-
3014. This event is hosted
by Boardman Chamber of
C om m erce and K iw anis
Club o f Boardman.
Thursday, October
8 - T iller’s Folly will be
p e rfo rm in g at the HHS
Gym from 7-9 p.m. John
and Ann Murray are spon
soring this event and dona
tions will be taken at the
door to help support the St.
Patrick’s Wee Bit O ’ Ireland
event.
M.C. Fair & OTPR Court
applications available
Applications for the M orrow County Fair &
OTPR Court are now available at the fair office in Hep
pner.
This year applicants are not required to have a
horse. Requirements include being a resident of, or reside
closely to, Morrow County and be between the ages of
16-21 by August 1 of the year which the fair and rodeo
will be held.
Applications must be received by 11 a.m. on
October 30, at the fair office. Late applications will not be
considered. Tryouts and interviews will be on November
22 at 1 p.m. in Heppner at the fairgrounds.
For more information, call Fairgrounds Manager
Ren’ee Yocom at 541-6376-9474 or e-mail mcfair@
co.morrow.or.us.
M o rro w / G rant
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S p e c ia l Y o u t h H u n t
S econd S eason , S pike O nly
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A P P L IC A T IO N S AR E N O W B E IN G TAK EN A T
T H E M O R R O W C O U N T Y P U B L IC W O R K S
O F F IC E . 3 6 5 W. H W Y 7 4 . P .O . BO X 4 2 8 ,
L E X IN G T O N . O R . 9 7 8 3 9 . A P P L IC A N T S
M U S T BE A M O R R O W O R G R A N T C O U N T Y
1 R E S ID E N T . A H U N T E R E D U C A T IO N
Gregg Rietmann serves prime rib during the annual lone
F.ducation Foundation Dinner held on Saturday, September 26.
Pepsi of Pendleton donated all of the pop, including delivery
and pickup.
The lone F.ducation Foundation announces a new donor to the
foundation - 2Morrow Energy. A partnership between Diversi
fied Wind and Gamesa Energy USA, are working together in an
effort to bring economic development to the area by developing
a commercial wind energy project in the lone Area. The lone
Education Foundation has received a letter pledging $35,000.
They recognize the importance of the lone School to the com
munity and wish to be a sustaining member.
October 8 is Oregon’s
Day of Culture
October is National
Arts and Humanities Month
and Thursday, October 8,
the anniversary of Oregon’s
unique cultural tax credit, is
Oregon’s Day o f Culture.
Culture is an every
day experience in Oregon.
Whether it’s a visit to the li
brary, family research, at an
historical society, strolling
through a museum, hiking
a heritage trail, meeting in
an historic building, volun
teering at a school art class
or attending a performance,
culture is everywhere. On
October 8, the best way to
celebrate Oregon culture is
by participating in it.
The Oregon Day of
Culture celebration starts
October 1, with hundreds
o f ev en ts leading up to
October 8. Events such as:
Boardman Fall Quilt Show,
O ctober 2 and 3, Board-
man; Rollin’ on the River,
October 3, Boardman; and
Morrow County Historical
Society Annual M eeting,
October 4 in Heppner, are
examples o f events found
at w w w .oregondayofcul-
ture.org.
The heritage, hu
manities and arts nonprofits
in every O regon county
serve the com m unity in
countless ways. The people
w ho w ork or v o lu n te e r
there are our friends and
neighbors. They deserve
our financial support. When
you give to a cultural non
profit (you can find more
than 1,200 at www.cultur-
altrust.org), you can double
your cultural support at no
•additional cost by matching
your gift with a contribu
tion to the Oregon Cultural
Trust. The State of Oregon
allows a 100% tax credit for
gifts to the Trust, as long as
they are matched by equal
or greater donations to cul
tural nonprofits.
Oregon is the only
state in the nation that al
lows its citizens to create
the money for cultural fund
ing themselves.
An open house is planned to celebrate 40 years
by the Heppner Garden Club on Tuesday, October 6, at
City Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Displays and scrapbooks w ill show the work that
the Heppner Garden Club has been doing the past 40 years
to help beautify the city.
The public is invited to attend.
Willow Creek Park District to meet
The Willow Creek Park District will hold a
meeting on October 6 beginning at 5 p.m. at Heppner
City Hall.
FFA alumni meeting to be held
An FFA alumni meeting w ill be held on Tuesday,
October 6, at 7 p.m. in the Heppner High School Ag
room. Everyone is invited to attend this first meeting of
the year.
The Advanced Ag Leadership Class at Heppner
High School invites the public to listen to presentations/
papers that students have put together about various ag
ricultural commodities here in southern Morrow County
on Thursday, October 1 from 11-11:40 a.m. and Tuesday,
October 6 from 11-11:40 a.m. Topics may include wheat,
mint, hay, sheep, cattle, goats and more.
A P P L IC A T IO N S M U S T BE R E T U R N E D T O T H E
M O R R O W C O U N T Y P U B L IC W O R K S O F F IC E
And we have got some great items-- Like concert tickets to
the dueling pianos ( Billy Joel and Elton John)
and 4 club seats to Portland Timber Soccer!!
BY O C T O B E R 2 1 , 2 0 0 9 BY 4 : 0 0 P.M .
A P P L IC A T IO N S W IL L BE D R A W N AT
M ORRO W C O UNTY C O URT O N O CTO BER
D U R IN G T H E C O U N T Y C O U R T
S E S S IO N .
Keep checking the paper for more items and m ark your calendar for
FO R M O R E IN F O R M A T IO N
October 10th starting with dinner at 6pm
P L E A S E C O N T A C T T H E P U B L IC W O R K S
O F F IC E A T 5 4 1 - 9 8 9 - 9 5 0 0 .
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with the auction and other events to follow!!!
Louis and Betty Carlson worked with the Oregon Wheat
Growers League and Oregon State University to organize a
reception to acknowledge local farmers and ranchers (pictured
above) who received the "Conservation Farm of the Year”
award. The reception, held at the Morrow County Extension
Office on Sunday afternoon, included a display of awards,
plagues, and photographs. There were multiple speakers at
the event including Larry Lutcher, Tammy Dennee of the
Oregon Wheat Growers League, Representative Greg Smith,
Alan Feves, Shannon Rust, and Louis Carlson. Louis Carlson
talked about the history of the award and conservation efforts
that were developed and utilized by innovative producers in
the county. -Contributed Photo
H eppner FFA selling apples
Public invited to attend HHS
Ag class presentations
C E R T IF IC A T E IS R E Q U IR E D . A P P L IC A N T S
th
Reception acknowledges Conservation
Farm of the Year Award recipients
Heppner Garden Club
celebrates 40 years
S H O U L D BE 1 2 T O 1 7 YE AR S O L D . A L L
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As part o f the St.
Patrick’s Day celebrations
in Oregon, people with Irish
c o n n e ctio n s co n g re g a te
in the large town o f Hep
pner. Each year a family is
honoured at these celebra
tions and 1993 was the turn
o f the M ollahan Fam ily
who originated from the
tow nland o f L eganom er
in Aughavas, Co. Leitrim.
Bob Mollahan, grand-son
o f John Mollahan and Ann
McNamee, was selected to
be the grand marshal of the
parade for the St. Patrick’s
Day celebrations in which
the M ollahan family was
honoured.
Seven o f the ten
children bom to John Mol
lahan and Ann McNamee
in Leganomer bet.ween the
years 1885 and 1907, emi
grated to the USA.
Between the years
1905 and 1920 the seven
eldest members of the Mol
lahan fam ily e m ig rated
to the United States. Es
tablished fellow Leitrim
n e ig h b o u rs such as the
Cartys or Kilkenny’s took
these im m igrants under
their wings in Oregon until
they found a firm footing.
The eldest and first to leave,
Jim, tall and athletic like his
brothers, served in the US
Army in Europe in World
War I and then returned to
Portland, Oregon to run a
ranch. He married Loretta
Modrell, and they had one
child, Colleen. Next to leave
for Oregon was M atthew
whose stay was curtailed
when he suffered a seri
ous illness after an injury
incurred after falling off a
horse. He was sent home,
where after one year died,
on 19,h December 1908 at
the tender age o f nineteen
years. Pat M ollahan ar
rived in the USA next. He
went to Heppner, Oregon
where he settled. He was
town marshal of Heppner
for over a decade where he
also farmed and owned a
filling station. He married
Elsie Owens and they had
four c h ild re n in clu d in g
the fore-m entioned Bob.
Bridget (or Bea) worked in
Connecticut after emigrat
ing circa 1910 at the age of
sixteen. She later moved to
Oregon where she married
John F. Kenny whose father
Michael was bom in Augha
vas, Co. Leitrim. They lived
in Heppner and had seven
c h ild ren . M ary A nn a r
rived next and she married
John Keegan w ho was bom
about three miles from the
Leganom er hom estead in
Rossan, Co. Leitrim. They
had nine children one of
whom, Rose, married Peter
Tighe, a Leitrim man. Mary
Ann and Pat were the only
two of the children to return
to Ireland on a visit, Pat in
1932 and Mary Ann in the
1950’s. John and Bernard
arrived in Oregon together
around 1920. John, after
m arrying Katherine Fitz
patrick, a Cavan woman,
in New York returned to
Heppner. They left Heppner
to live in Ontario, Oregon
w here they raised seven
children. Their eldest, Pat
rick Joseph is a member of
the Ontario City Council.
Bernard, the youngest o f
the family to emigrate after
spending some time in Ore
gon, moved to New York to
make a living. He married a
Sligo girl, Anna Kenny and
they lived in the Bronx New
York. They raised three
children who are also proud
o f the Leitrim roots.
In all, the St. Pat
rick’s Weekend in March
1993 proved to be a time
of great pride, joy and en
tertainm ent for the M ol
lahan, Keegan, Kenny and
M cN am ee fam ilies who
all come together for the
celebrations in Heppner.
The honoured family for the
1993 St. Patrick's Weekend
was a great achievement for
the Mollahan family and for
a Leitrim family to receive
in Oregon, USA. The con
clusion we can draw from
this is that Leitrim can take
great pride in her people,
not only those at home but
also those who emigrated
to the different parts o f the
World.
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The Heppner FFA
Chapter is currently selling
apples. The 18-20 pound
boxes com e from D avis
Orchards in Milton Free
water. The cost for each
box is $13 per box. Choic
es include Red Delicious,
Golden Delicious, Cameo,
Granny Smith, and Galas.
The apples will be avail
able for pickup during the
volleyball game on Tliurs-
day, October 15, or at the
football game on Friday,
October 16.
C h e c k s c a n be
made payable to Heppner
FFA and sent to HHS atten
tion Beth Dickenson.
For more informa
tion contact Heppner Ag
advisor Beth D ickenson
at dickene@ m orrow .kl2.
or. us.
Senior Center Menu
H eppner C hristian C enter m em bers will be
serving lunch on Wednesday, October 7. The menu will
include catfish, red beans and rice, spinach, apple salad,
hush puppies, and cookies.